Inazuma Eleven the Movie is the most satisfying and exciting tie-in piece of media ever made. Having come out at a point where the franchise hadn't overly reused the plot of "people from the future want to destroy soccer so they have to stop them", it takes that concept and refines the raw passion that the early part of the series instilled onto the viewer and made it even more potent by making most of the movie a recap. The idea of more than half the movie being events the viewer has probably already seen is exactly what makes it so great: fans will be remindedof what moments shaped Endou and the team's beliefs about what soccer is, building up to what is originally the defining moment of that journey being the match against Zeus academy but switching them out with the even more fearsome foes from the future.

Raimon's match against Ogre perfectly embodies the appeal of Inazuma Eleven: the flashy moves, the bonds the characters have formed by going through thick and thin together, the breath-taking moments where they turn things around no matter how hopeless it seems. Ogre academy itself couldn't have been a better foil to Endou and his friends because of their misguided idea of strength and what is necessary to achieve peace. This match takes the character defining moment that was supposed to be in its place and adapts it into a series defining moment by upping the scales and ending with the most intense climax the anime as a whole ever had.

To cap it all off, the credits roll and along with it is a series of photographs of every team and individuals they had met along their 130 episode long journey. Whether it be allies or even foes: they're all shown along the main character, smiling, laughing, and being glad that they got to enjoy a nice game of soccer together. For the viewer, now having spent an hour and a half engraving Endou's iconic catchphrase and the feelings and history behind it into their hearts, seeing this credit sequence couldn't be any more satisfying.